Geoff Birnie
Representative pathway — 3 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 15 matches (+2.2)
- ● Body of work — 15 imported matches (+0.3)
Critical recommendations
Strike rate of 60.5 means long dot-ball chains and pressure on partners. Drill singles into gaps, soft-hand placement, and calling.
Only 0.07 catches per match over 15 matches. Fielding is the first thing selectors compare when batting/bowling are close — make catching the priority: 30 high balls + 30 flat catches per session, and ask to field in the ring/slips where chances come.
Economy of 3.10 is excellent but a wicket every 48 balls is slow. Develop a genuine wicket-taking variation and attack the stumps more.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.10.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 13 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 47 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 15). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 15 matches since 27 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 1 catches + 1 run outs (1 direct, 0 assisted) in 15 matches — 0.13 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 14 innings at 15.3 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 11 wickets in 13 matches bowled in (of 15 played) — 0.85 per match at 24.6, economy 3.10, strike rate 47.5.
Fielding — imported matches (15)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 15 imported |
| Batting | 150 runs in 14 inns @ 15.31 (SR 60.48) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 26, 1 ducks |
| Bowling | 11 wkts @ 24.55 (econ 3.1, SR 47.5) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-26 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 1 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 2 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 15 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 8.5 | 65.38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 9 | 4 | 113 | 26* | 18.14 | 69.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8* | 11.11 | 33.9 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 12.75 | 3.4 | 22.5 |
| 2025/26 | 58 | 5 | 171 | 6 | 28.5 | 2.95 | 58 |
| 2024/25 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 48 | 3.43 | 84 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
How does Geoff compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.